Engineering the Immune System in Cancer and Beyond
MIT 20 .365
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
Examines strategies in clinical and preclinical development for manipulating the immune system to treat and protect against disease. Begins with brief review of immune system. Discusses interaction of tumors with the immune system, followed by approaches by which the immune system can be modulated to attack cancer. Also covers strategies based in biotechnology, chemistry, materials science, and molecular biology to induce immune responses to treat infection, transplantation, and autoimmunity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
Class Notes
See MIT Schedule for times and locations;
Faculty: Jessica Stark;
Prereq: (5.60 or 20.110) and permission of instructor;
Subject Level: Undergraduate
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
